Auto-GCAS Saves Unconscious F-16 Pilot—Declassified USAF Footage

This newly declassified video footage from the head-up-display of a U.S. Air Force Arizona Air National Guard F-16 records the dramatic moment when its unconscious pilot is saved from certain death by the aircraft’s Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System.

Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System (Auto-GCAS) was developed by NASA, the Air Force, and Lockheed Martin. Auto-GCAS entered service in September 2014 and is already credited with saving at least two F-16s and their crews.